Blacking-box holder



- K. o. ATWOOD.

Blanking Box Holder.

No. 233,314. Patented Oct. I9, 1880.

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UNITED STATES 4 PATENT OFF-ICE.

KIMBALL O. ATWOOD, OF BUOKFIELD, MAINE, ASSIGNOB TO CUTTER TOWER COMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

BLACKlNG-BOX HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 233,314, dated October 19, 1880. Application filed February 7, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, KIMIBALL O. ATWOOD, of Buckfie1d,in thecounty of Oxford and State of Maine, have iuventeda new and useful Improvement in Blacking-Box Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a blackingbox holder which may be easily adjusted to hold any ordinary-sized. tin blackiugbox in such a manner as to avoid the possibility of soiling the hands or cuffs during the operation of blacking the boots, being at the same time so simple in construction as to admit of its being manufactured and sold at a very low price. Thisobject, it is believed, has been secured in the following manner, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawin gs.

Figure lis a perspective view, and Fig. 2 a view in section, of the holder.

The bottom of the-holder is shaped as shown in the drawings, Fig. 1, A representing the handle; B, the base or place for theblackingbox. Inserted in the hole D and slot D are the spiral springs E and E said springs terminating in small hooks at the top, which, by hooking over the edge of the blacking-box, hold the same firmly in place.

A small wire rod, F, extends longitudinally through the slot D, to which is fastenedthe spring E by means of an eye on the bottom of the same, so constructed as to admitof the spring beingmoved backward or forward to accommodate large or small blacking-boxes. Around the edge of the cover G is tacked a narrow strip of tin, H, which extends back and beyond the said cover G far enough to form a hinge by driving through the same and into the ends of the cleats G the nails or screws I and I.

The advantage gained by this cover hinged in this manner is, that when open it forms a perfect protection for the hand and cuff from the spattering of the blacking.

To insert a box of blacking in this holder, remove the tin cover of the box, and hook the springs E E over the edge of the box. This holder can be opened by a toss of the hand.

What I claim is- The combination, with the base-block B, having the rod F, of the spring-catch E and the sliding spring-catch E, as set forth.

KIMBALL O. ATWOOD.

Witnesses:

W. H. ATWOOD, G. M. ATWOOD. 

